tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82975409982833256682017-08-15T17:50:19.860-07:00Garden and landscaping ideaskarimi younessnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8297540998283325668.post-35260695999677955642015-07-04T16:11:00.005-07:002015-07-04T16:20:43.028-07:00Is home landscaping different than other landscaping?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m--0HsMaqlc/VZhn8KAJ78I/AAAAAAAAAOw/di-fVHQfEPc/s1600/image9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m--0HsMaqlc/VZhn8KAJ78I/AAAAAAAAAOw/di-fVHQfEPc/s320/image9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Home landscaping is not different than any other kind of landscaping. It is something natural for people to want their home to look as fab as it possibly can, who does not want the kind of yard that the whole neighborhood is envious of? And the beauty of home landscaping is that it is not hard and much of it you can do it by yourself. All it will take is a little elbow grease and some time to spare and you can design your own home landscaping design quickly and easily.</div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Landscaping softwares</h2><div style="text-align: left;">There are even products on the market that will help you to find the best home landscaping idea out there. You can choose to use home landscaping software if you want. These programs can be a great help to you as you are trying to figure out what will suit your home and yard the best. With these types of programs you will get to see a few different layouts and options are always good when trying to narrow down your choices.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Home landscaping ideas</h2><div style="text-align: left;">If home landscaping software programs are not for you, then you can try doing a search online for some wonderful home landscaping ideas. The internet is full of great resources that you can use to get everything done the right way. It is important to do plenty of research before you start your own home landscaping so that you keep the number of mistakes made down to a minimum. If you do make a boo-boo, don’t worry much about it, any thing can be fixed.<br /><br />Before you start your home landscaping you will need to also look into any gas lines and electrical lines that may be running through your yard. This is very important if you are planning to digg a lot. You cannot afford to hit any of these things, not only can it cost you a bundle to fix, it can also be very dangerous because gas lines coul explode. Hitting an electrical line with a metal shovel could put an end to all of your work.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />You will also need to find out about zoning restrictions that could affect your home landscaping. In some places you cannot have trees too high and even some fences are not allowed. Find out these kinds of things before you start your home landscaping work to save a lot of time and money.</div></div>karimi younesshttps://plus.google.com/107545686076521525929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8297540998283325668.post-46854489389072374072015-07-01T11:25:00.002-07:002015-07-01T11:25:29.736-07:00Garden landscaping layering<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qPpguMB4vyY/VZQwHFUVVZI/AAAAAAAAAOY/FwZDcWVQj2A/s1600/Butchart-Gardens-Victoria-Bc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qPpguMB4vyY/VZQwHFUVVZI/AAAAAAAAAOY/FwZDcWVQj2A/s400/Butchart-Gardens-Victoria-Bc.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Could your home do with a little more garden landscaping? Probably so, and that is a good thing. In fact you should be very excited about it because there is nothing more fun and amazing than garden landscaping, it will get your imagination working overtime and you will have a ball planting and rearranging your plants and flowers to got the most beautiful garden at all.<br /><br />By layering your garden landscaping beds you will be able to add a whole other level of beauty to your landscaping design. Your yard is the first thing that people will see when they come visit your house and giving a grand tour that includes a fabulous garden is always fun and exciting. Everyone in the neighborhood will talk about your garden, and for all the right reasons this time, when you do some really good garden landscaping.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ag4CuYGwuMk/VZQwXBHEyAI/AAAAAAAAAOg/884U7-8Aycw/s1600/court-dovecote-view-the-gardens-shipton-court-cotswold-luxury3872-x-2592-761-kb-jpeg-x.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ag4CuYGwuMk/VZQwXBHEyAI/AAAAAAAAAOg/884U7-8Aycw/s400/court-dovecote-view-the-gardens-shipton-court-cotswold-luxury3872-x-2592-761-kb-jpeg-x.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Layering your garden landscaping design is easy to do</h2><div style="text-align: left;">You need to know the flowers that you are going to plant first however. The choices that you make as far as the flowers and other plants will affect just how your garden landscaping is laid out. For example you do not want to have the taller plants in front of the shorter ones. This is obvious but you should still make a rough sketch of where you want things laud out for your garden landscaping before you begin. This will help you to keep things as simple as possible. Your garden landscaping will go a lot faster this way and you will run into fewer problems as you go.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">When layering you should have about three layers</h2><div style="text-align: left;">Your back row should face north, if it can, and the back row should have the tallest plants and as the rows descend so should the heights of the plants and flowers. The trick of this kind of garden landscaping is that oftentimes the plants we buy are baby plants. So you will need to talk to those working at your local gardening store about how large the plants will grow. This is key to successful garden landscaping. If the front or middle row of your garden landscaping design is going to grow much higher than the last row, then you will have to do some rearranging and modifications.<br /><br />The layering affect of your garden landscaping design will add depth and make your garden much more interesting to look at. This is what will make your garden landscaping a success and a talk of the neighborhood.</div></div>karimi younesshttps://plus.google.com/107545686076521525929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8297540998283325668.post-59025606202937310702015-06-27T08:02:00.004-07:002015-06-27T08:15:09.606-07:00Front yard landscaping made easy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D4DgwYwxJ-A/VY66mDQEpKI/AAAAAAAAAMw/OJprfxn01xk/s1600/modern-front-yard-landscaping-and-home-garden-design1600-x-1057-290-kb-jpeg-x.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D4DgwYwxJ-A/VY66mDQEpKI/AAAAAAAAAMw/OJprfxn01xk/s400/modern-front-yard-landscaping-and-home-garden-design1600-x-1057-290-kb-jpeg-x.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Having a low maintenance front yard is the goal of many people. You can get front yard landscaping easily managed by any of the professional landscapers in your area or you can do it yourself. Either way you can have front yard landscaping done that will take minimal work to keep looking fantastic all year round. If you are going to get a professional in to do your front yard landscaping though, be sure to tell him that this is your over all goal, that you want to have a yard that will not take a lot of work to keep up.<br /><br />If you have less grass in your front yard landscaping then you will cut out a lot of maintenance time right there. Mowing the lawn can take up a lot of time and energy so keeping the grass to a minimum is a great way to save on work. Talk to the front yard landscaping expert about alternative that you can use to keep your yard look good with little lawn area.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;">Many people choose to use clover instead of grass</h4>Using a clover lawn in your front yard landscaping is a great idea because it will save you money and time. You will not have to mow it very often at all and a clover lawn is even good for front yard landscaping in area that is prone to droughts. They do well virtually everywhere. And best of all for those who want to get out there and enjoy their front yard landscaping, bugs hate clover.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Watering the yard can be a big hassle as well</h4>That is why many people incorporate automatic irrigation systems into their front yard landscaping designs these days. This can make you save lot of time and money. This is one of the easiest ways for you to keep your yard looking healthy and well watered during the hot months of the year. No more hooking up the sprinkler or having to drag out the hose. You can get an expert to install one of these systems for your front yard landscaping design quickly and easily or you can get a kit and do it yourself. I would recommend getting in a professional however, unless you have experience with this kind of thing. If you were to cause a leak then you could face some flooding and rotting and neither of these is going to do anything for your front yard landscaping, do you know what I mean?<br /><br /></div>karimi younesshttps://plus.google.com/107545686076521525929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8297540998283325668.post-58972353733262083212015-06-24T20:17:00.001-07:002015-06-24T20:36:09.066-07:00Do you Plan for desert landscaping?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x7HIC3UbfsQ/VYtx8w2BaKI/AAAAAAAAAKg/Ar1ppC0hyi4/s1600/large-desertcrestllc-landscape-in-az-05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x7HIC3UbfsQ/VYtx8w2BaKI/AAAAAAAAAKg/Ar1ppC0hyi4/s400/large-desertcrestllc-landscape-in-az-05.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>If you live in a dry and arid climate then your desert landscaping is going to take a little more planning than some other parts of the country. desert landscaping will have to work with a plan that includes only plants and trees that can live with much less water than some other plants. There is no point in planting something if it can not sustain itself afterwards. So take some time with your desert landscaping plan and make sure that you have done everything that suite the climate.<br /><h4 style="text-align: left;">You could spend the money to get better irrigation</h4><div style="text-align: left;">You could spend the money to get better irrigation put in but the money will be great and the time will be all consuming. It is much simpler for your desert landscaping plan to just include plants and trees that will thrive even in the hot sun all day.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br />What makes using desert landscaping friendly plants so great is that not only will these plants do well even in the hot sun they will also be able to thrive in poor quality soil. This is a much needed quality because places that have so much sun tend to have poor soil as well. So in essence you are killing two birds with one stone as they say.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FBgPpXQ58y0/VYtyOxcS-sI/AAAAAAAAAKs/8eKAJATahtA/s1600/wpid-desert-backyard-landscaping-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FBgPpXQ58y0/VYtyOxcS-sI/AAAAAAAAAKs/8eKAJATahtA/s400/wpid-desert-backyard-landscaping-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Here are some wonderful plants that you can use in your desert landscaping:</h4><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Longwood Blue bluebeard</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />This is a shrub, it is deciduous and it will grow back each and every spring. It will always come back healthy and happy and this makes it perfect for desert landscaping. It is not a tiny shrub, it will grow to be anywhere between 3 and 4 feet high with a width of about 2 feet. This is a lovely plant to use in your desert landscaping as it is not only beautiful with its pretty blue flower clusters and silver foliage, it is also very fragrant.<br /><br /><b>Autumn Joy</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />This is a wonderful perennial that you can plant for your desert landscaping. With this choice you will have great leaves in pretty whorls. These leaves can be any number of different colors and can be bought to go with any desert landscaping design. This plant is the ultimate for desert landscaping because it can grow in rock gardens with easily. This lovely desert landscaping plant also has a unique and interesting flower unlike any other I have ever seen. These small flowers grow in clusters and they can be a few different colors and shades. The most common are yellow, orange and red and pink. If you plant these in your garden you will have butterflies around all of the time and they make for lovely entertainment on their own. </div></div>karimi younesshttps://plus.google.com/107545686076521525929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8297540998283325668.post-35155003789298989462015-06-22T11:29:00.000-07:002015-06-24T20:19:46.428-07:00Concrete landscaping can add so much to your yard<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eC-byyxV2OE/VYhTxn3OXrI/AAAAAAAAAJM/qQOh41FSi7U/s1600/gardening.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eC-byyxV2OE/VYhTxn3OXrI/AAAAAAAAAJM/qQOh41FSi7U/s400/gardening.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>To hear the word concrete you may not think that it would be something to want in your yard but in fact, concrete landscaping has come along way in the last 10 years or so. Now concrete landscaping is all the rage and it is very pretty too.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Use concrete landscaping for many different parts of your yard</h4><div style="text-align: left;">You can use concrete landscaping for many different parts of your yard. A lot of people use concrete landscaping ideas and designs for the walkways and paths that wind through their gardens. This suite more for those with larger yards but even if your yard is small it could do with some concrete landscaping. You could put down a lively patio that you and your friends could it at to have drinks or tea.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Stone walls are an alternative form of concrete landscaping that has really caught on like wildfire. Walls are what will frame the whole home. They are the gorgeous and steely frame to the glorious painting that is your front and back yard. There are many other reasons to have concrete landscaping such as walls as well. These walls are perfect for keeping your pet in the yard. If you have a dog that is prone to run away then look into this kind of concrete landscaping. These walls are also very good for keeping intruders out. The harder your home is to get into the less likely burglars will be to bother trying. So look into this type of concrete landscaping today and talk to a professional about it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Use concrete landscaping to keep soil in place</h4><div style="text-align: left;">You can also use concrete landscaping to keep your soil in place. If there is a part of your yard that is prone to slipping then you can build a retention wall expressly for this case. The best thing about concrete landscaping is that while it can be functional you can make it look as if it is just there for looks. There is so much that you can do with concrete landscaping because concrete is so easy to work with. You can use concrete landscaping bricks or you can use whole solid slabs. You can even get custom made concrete landscaping stones that are in unique and creative shapes and patters. Take some time and see what all is out there in terms of concrete landscaping, you might just be surprised.</div></div>karimi younesshttps://plus.google.com/107545686076521525929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8297540998283325668.post-57649368732018895872015-06-20T19:58:00.002-07:002015-06-22T11:07:59.384-07:00Wonderful backyard landscaping ideas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><!--add2--><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OuN9sVotz6I/VYYoBGsosZI/AAAAAAAAAI0/5v-MAy1QEmA/s1600/C--Documents%2Band%2BSettings-men-Desktop-Images-landscaping.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OuN9sVotz6I/VYYoBGsosZI/AAAAAAAAAI0/5v-MAy1QEmA/s400/C--Documents%2Band%2BSettings-men-Desktop-Images-landscaping.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>A good backyard landscaping idea is one that everyone can make use of. There are many different backyard landscaping ideas and most of them are pretty good but to find the one that is right for you and that is just what your yard needs may take some reading and time. This article will help you to find the perfect backyard landscaping idea for your home.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Use evergreens</h4><div style="text-align: left;">A good backyard landscaping idea is to use evergreens. The use of these fabulous trees will do so much for any yard. They will add a stately nature to the feel of your home while keeping it welcoming and warm. Many people like to use deciduous trees in the yard and this is always a good idea but it is the evergreens that will give the yard the structure and the stability that it needs for a good backyard landscaping idea and design.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a>You need to look for a backyard landscaping idea like the one above that will benefit you all year round. Deciduous trees will not be gorgeous in all seasons, most perhaps, but not all. Evergreens on the other hand are always fantastic and they look as beautiful in the winter as they do in the summer and this is why they make for such a great backyard landscaping idea. The key to any great landscaping design is to find a backyard landscaping idea like this that will keep your yard interesting no matter what time of the year it is.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q-AvGIkX3DQ/VYYoziaWdkI/AAAAAAAAAI8/rp6iQQwLgP0/s1600/blog_03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q-AvGIkX3DQ/VYYoziaWdkI/AAAAAAAAAI8/rp6iQQwLgP0/s400/blog_03.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Use hardscape</h4><div style="text-align: left;">Another good backyard landscaping idea is to use hardscape. This is the use of things like rocks, fences and walls. These can make your yard look very interesting during all the seasons. You can have climbing plants on it in the summer and spring and pretty trees around it that will look great in the winter too. When looking for a good backyard landscaping idea you need to look for other options besides just plants. There is much more to landscaping than just plants and trees.<br /><br />Walls and fences can frame your property beautifully and using them is such a great backyard landscaping idea because they will just accent all of your other wonderful backyard landscaping ideas. They will frame your yard as a picture frame frames a gorgeous painting. Look at this kind of backyard landscaping idea as well in your search for the one.</div></div>karimi younesshttps://plus.google.com/107545686076521525929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8297540998283325668.post-62358313627496859372015-06-20T19:15:00.000-07:002015-06-20T20:05:08.790-07:00Backyard landscaping concerns many different things <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ai7QBIOxWDM/VYYcEOXQnCI/AAAAAAAAAIU/SGQ2DduS8YY/s1600/bg001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ai7QBIOxWDM/VYYcEOXQnCI/AAAAAAAAAIU/SGQ2DduS8YY/s400/bg001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Your backyard landscaping is going to have to be about many different things but the most important one of these is your well being. Most people get into backyard landscaping because they want to change the look and feel of their home, they want to make it a wonderful place where their family can feel safe and comfortable at all moments. Backyard landscaping is a great way to add some more peace to your life whether you are alone or you have a large family and tons of kids. You will be able to create a sanctuary with your backyard landscaping that you have never had before in your life.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Backyard landscaping does not have to be drastic or hard</h4><div style="text-align: left;">Backyard landscaping does not have to be drastic or hard. You can do your own backyard landscaping or you can hire a contractor to do it all for you. The choice is yours but doing it yourself can be a lot of work, especially if you do not have any experience in this type of thing. There are all kinds of things that you will need to learn about before you start doing your own backyard landscaping. You will have to take a crash course in landscaping and this course will be jammed packed with all kinds of info that you never even knew was out there. You may be able to save some money on the work if you do your won backyard landscaping but if you screw things up too badly you may end up paying even more to get everything fixed.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-epH8Zayg2S4/VYYcnD7HE7I/AAAAAAAAAIc/VcMkWeqcw3g/s1600/homepageBG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-epH8Zayg2S4/VYYcnD7HE7I/AAAAAAAAAIc/VcMkWeqcw3g/s400/homepageBG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><a name='more'></a></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;">If you want to get some backyard landscaping done you should only do it yourself</h4><div style="text-align: left;">If you want to get some backyard landscaping done you should only do it yourself if it is going to be a simple and straightforward job. If you need irrigation things dealt with and planes and elevations leave it to the professionals that do it for a living. These things may be over your head entirely. You need to watch out how you go about your backyard landscaping or you could end up with quite a mess on your hands.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oRVsSOcweSY/VYYc_LTwZII/AAAAAAAAAIk/BshQOVMYAEI/s1600/landscaping-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oRVsSOcweSY/VYYc_LTwZII/AAAAAAAAAIk/BshQOVMYAEI/s400/landscaping-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">There are many great places for you to learn some more about backyard landscaping</h4><div style="text-align: left;">There are many great places for you to learn some more about backyard landscaping such as the local public library and the internet. You can get many backyard landscaping books out of the library and these will help you to make the best choices and decisions as to your landscaping needs. You can also get many do it yourself tips online. </div></div>karimi younesshttps://plus.google.com/107545686076521525929noreply@blogger.com